Myrick was 20 years old when he was first elected to the Ithaca City Council during his junior year at Cornell University, where he studied communications. Last year, he successfully ran for mayor, becoming the youngest mayor in the city's history and the city's first African-American mayor. Full story »

The Office of General Services set a minimum bid of $390,000 for the 31-acre property, which housed 100 inmates and employed 85 people when Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced his closure plan in June 2011. Full story »